Stevie Wonder - Sunshine In Their Eyes Chords & Tabs

SUNSHINE IN THEIR EYES by STEVIE WONDER
From “Where I’m coming from” (1971)  


PART I

Intro: Eb   G+   Fm6   A#9 
Cdim7     Bb7   A#9sus4 


Verse 1
Eb       G+           Fm6   A#9
A lonesome tear, a hungry face
Cdim7              Bb7   A#9sus4
A barren pain, a dream unchased

Chorus
C#M7       C#7   F#M7    E7             F#m6     B7         C#
Oh I can't wait until the day there's sunshine in their eyes

Verse 2
A prayer is heard
By one so small
Let love be in the
Hearts of all

Chorus
Oh I can't wait until the day there's sunshine in their eyes

Bridge
D#m9 A#9        D#m9              A#9
You and I may never see them cry
     Dm9                   A9            Am6
Or wonder why the world's so cold

D#m9                              A#m6 
You feel that they're too young
D#m9              A#m6
To take a look around

Dm9                    Fm9             G#m9              F9
But in their faces I can see the trouble all around 

Verse 3
Today we must
Turn into lies
The truth already
In their minds

chorus
Oh I can't wait until the day there's sunshine in their eyes 


C#M7 C#7  F#M7  E7
Do do do do do do do do
            F#m6          B7      C#
There's sunshine in their eyes

C#M7 C#7  F#M7  E7
Hey no no 
F#m6            B7   C#
Sunshine in their eyes

C# C#M7 A#m11  C#6  G#      
Uh uh 

PART II

Verse a
G#  
All my mother's worried
D#+ 
'Cause she feels the world is ending
F#M7                                        F#m      B7 
She believes that everything is coming to an end

Verse b
Papa being real careful
'Cause his brother Sam was robbed
trying to buy just a loaf of bread for baby John

Pre Chorus
Bb
See how the world scared
G# F# F
All the streets turning bad
Bb
Most of the news is bad
G# F# F
Crime just breeds in the air

Chorus
F7                    A#9 
Sad is the song rolling along
D#9              G#
Everything is happenin'
F7                    A#9 
When is the tune now we are domed 
D#9              G#
Everything is Happenin'
 
Verse c
G# 
Cost of livin's up
D#+
But the pay is low down
F#M7                                        
Hate to see the baby starve
            F#m                 B7
'Cause mama can't be found
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Verse d
Sister lives alone
Bolts and chains her door at night
Never ever walks an alley or a short away

Pre Chorus
Bb
See how the world scared
G# F# F
All the streets turning bad
Bb
Most of the news is bad
G# F# F
Crime just breeds in the air

Chorus
F7                    A#9 
Sad is the song rolling along
D#9              G#
Everything is happenin'
F7                    A#9 
When is the tune now we are domed 
D#9              G#
Everything is Happenin'

Verse e
G#
Brother Bill gone fighting
D#+
In a place where he is a stranger
F#M7                                    F#m       B7
But could men die a stranger in every war

Verse F
We all hide in shame
Boldly pour into another 
When the blame we know for sure is right in ourselves
In ourselves
Chorus
F7                    A#9 
Sad is the song rolling along
D#9              G#
Everything is happenin'
F7                    A#9 
When is the tune now we are domed 
D#9              G#
Everything is Happenin'

end
G#  D#+  F#M7  F#m  B7  to coda….
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Hey hey hey
 
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Everybody sings now
 
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Hey

Tabbed by Julien Rouiller Paris 2008


CHORDS

Eb         G+         Fm6       A#9       Cdim7      Bb7       A#9sus4   
EADGBe   EADGBe     EADGBe     EADGBe     EADGBe     EADGBe    EADGBe
x65343   xx5443     13011x     x10111     x34242     x13131    x1111x
   
C#M7      C#7        F#M7      E7       F#m6     B7       C#            
EADGBe   EADGBe     EADGBe    EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe    
x46564   x46464     243322    020100   244242   x24242   x46664

D#m9       Dm9       A9         Am6       A#m6      Fm9     
EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe     EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe   
x6466x    x5355x    54545x     5345xx    6456xx    x8688x

 G#m9       F9       A#m11      C#6         G#       D#+       F#m
 EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe     EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe   
x1191111x  x8788x    646544    x4332x     466544    xx1003    244222

Bb         F#          F        F7         D#9
EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe     EADGBe   
x13331    244322    133211    131211     x6566x